Effective Writing
Descriptive Writing
Summary
Metaphor or Simile
Name those Lyrics
100
Never start your paragraph this way...
"Today I'm going to tell you about.." or ask a question
100
Name and define the six types of imagery
Visual Imagery - Description of things you can see
Auditory Imagery - Description of things you can hear
Kinesthetic Imagery - Description of movement
Olfactory Imagery - Description of things you can smell
Tactile Imagery - Description of things you can touch
Gustatory Imagery - Description of things you can taste
100
Summaries are not a place for
opinions, background knowledge, personal information
100
He was as happy as a clam
Similie
100
Why, when he was a young warthog...
When I was a young wart hoooog!
Very nice.
Thanks!
He found his aroma lacked a certain appeal
He could clear the savannah after every meal
I'm a sensitive soul, though I seem thick-skinned
And it hurt that my friends never stood downwind
Hakuna Matata- The Lion King
200
Name the four types of writing
Narrative, Analytical, Expository, Argumentative
200
How do you bring focus, depth, and movement to your story?
Character
200
Three rules to summarizing a text
1. read the text
2. don't let big words scare you
3. ask, "what is this text about?"
200
Her eyes were like black buttons
Simile
200
And at last I see the light
And it's like the fog has lifted
And at last I see the light
And it's like the sky is new
And it's warm and real and bright
And the world has somehow shifted
All at once everything looks different
Now that I see you
I see the light- Tangled
300
How much analysis should you give if your quote is five lines long?
10 lines! Remember, you give double the amount of analysis as the quote.
300
Good writing comes from:
Close observation
300
Your summary should...
(name one thing to make a good summary)
-Should be a complete sentence or to
-Should cover main point and key ideas
-Should be in you own words
-Should NOT just be a word or two
300
She cried a river
metaphor
300
A dream is a wish your heart makes
When you're fast asleep
In dreams you will lose your heartaches
Whatever you wish for, you keep
Have faith in your dreams and someday
Your rainbow will come smiling through
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
The dream that you wish will come true
A dream is a wish your heart makes- Cinderella
400
As a team, draw what the outline of an essay should look like.
400
What is a simile
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
400
Summarize this:
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating some curds and whey.
Along came a spider
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
Summary: A spider scared away a girl.
400
Write a simile
Use like or as and it will be acceptable
400
If I were a human being
I'd head straight for New Orleans
And I'd blow this horn so hot and strong
Like no one they'd ever seen
Louis Armstrong, Mister Sidney Bechet
All the boys gonna step aside
When they hear this old ex-gator play
Listen!
When we're human- Princess and the Frog
500
Name two tips for timed writing
Don’t Panic
Read all the topics FIRST
Pick the topic you are most familiar with, NOT the one you have the strongest reaction to.
PLAN your ideas---take a few minutes to map out your arguments
- Webs, flow charts, venn diagrams, bubble charts, outline, etc…
500
What is an adverb
Words to describe a verb/action
500
What goes in a summary
Only main idea and KEY details
500
Write a metaphor
Don't use like or as, but compare two things
500
With tuppence for paper and strings
You can have your own set of wings
With your feet on the ground
You're a bird in a flight
With your fist holding tight
To the string of your kite
Oh, oh, oh!
Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height!
Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring
Up through the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear
Oh, let's go fly a kite!
Let's go fly a kite- Marry Poppins